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Sunday, 24 June 2018 11:37DoT’s Rs 4,700 crore demand may delay Idea-Vodafone merger
As the Department of telecommunications (DoT) has come up with a fresh demand of Rs 4,700 crore, Idea-Vodafone merger may get delayed, as both operators may not meet the expected June 30 timeline.
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Saturday, 23 June 2018 11:53COAI expresses concerns over TRAI’s draft pesky call norms
The telecom regulator TRAI’s draft rules to curb pesky calls failed to woo the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI). The COAI has some major concerns, and it said that the norms do not effectively deal with pain-points faced by users.
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Thursday, 21 June 2018 12:46There is a long way to go in covering India with VoLTE: IDC
According to analysts from IDC, covering entire India with the latest telecom technology VoLTE is a distant dream as there are many challenges, though as per a recent Ericsson report, India is expected to have 780 million voice over LTE (VoLTE) subscribers.
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Thursday, 21 June 2018 05:37India partners with 3 British institutions for 5G
The memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with 3 UK institutions for early adoption of 5G were signed by India on 21 June. This agreement will facilitate meaningful exploration and early adoption of 5G technology.
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Wednesday, 20 June 2018 10:25DoTamends licence conditions; allowstelcos to allot a single mobile number for both mobile& internet telephony
On 20 June, the department of telecommunications (DoT) amended licence conditions, thus allowing telecom operators to allot a single mobile number for both cellular mobile service and internet telephony service.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2018 05:05BSNL to keep pace with the world; will be the first to launch 5G services in India
While other telecom operators are not showing keen interest in getting ready for 5G rollout, the state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to keep pace with the rest of the world by launching ultra-high-speed fifth-generation or 5G services in sync with the world.
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Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:58RCom surrenders 70 units of non-auctioned spectrum to DoT; finds no buyers
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications (RCom) has surrendered about 70 units of non-auctioned spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The telco, which had closed its operation in December 2017, got no buyers of the spectrum, as the buyer would have needed to first pay the DoT the difference in the cost of the startup spectrum allocated to RCom about 20 years ago and the current market price, or about Rs.1,500 crore.
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Wednesday, 13 June 2018 12:02‘5G will change entire device ecosystem’, says newly launched mobile phone association TMA
According to the newly formed mobile associationThe Mobile Association (TMA), 5Gwill change the entire device ecosystem. The new association represents Huawei, Lava, JioPhone, Foxconn, HTC, and Google, among others.
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Wednesday, 13 June 2018 12:00Airtel jumps onto the bandwagon of BharatNet; partners with DoT
To boost rural connectivity, the leading telco Bharti Airtel has joined the bandwagon of India’s ambitious plan BharatNet. It has partnered with the Department of Telecom (DoT), and under the partnership, the telco has set up three Broadband Experience Centres in three villages in Ghazipur, Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 11:35Telecom operators to accept virtual Aadhaar ids for new connections from 1 July
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked all telecom operators to accept virtual ID of Aadhaar for issuing new connections from 1 July 2018.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 11:064G to account for 78% of total subscriptions in India by 2023: Ericsson Report
According to Swedish gear maker Ericsson’s June 2018 Mobility report, India will have 780 million VoLTE subscriptions by 2023, and 4G will account for 78% of total subscriptions compared to the 20 percent LTE subscriptions in 2017.
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Monday, 11 June 2018 10:07Airtel to install 12,000 mobile sites in Tamil Nadu
To further expand its operations and network footprint across Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel has announced that it will rollout 12,000 mobile sites in the state by 2018-19, which means 32 new Airtel mobile sites going live every day across the state.
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Monday, 11 June 2018 10:04OpenSignal Report: Jio'sdownload speed slows while others’ improve
Reliance Jio’s customers have been witnessing a drop in download speeds, as per the latest report from OpenSignal on overall mobile data download speeds in India, from May 2017 to February 2018.
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Friday, 08 June 2018 11:19Merged entity, Vodafone-Idea appoints circle heads
The merged telecom entity now called as Vodafone-Idea has appointed circle heads for overseeing the operations in the country. It has announced the appointment of nine executives each from their teams as circle heads.
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Friday, 08 June 2018 09:08RJio to achieve target of covering 99% population by FY18 end
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the parent firm of telecom operator RJio, said in its annual report on 8 June that it aims to cover 99% population by end of FY18. The report added that as of March-end, Jio reportedly added some 83 million subscribers on a year-on-year basis.
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Tuesday, 05 June 2018 12:50Madras HC dismisses Vodafone’s plea challenging TRAI's tariff listing order
The leading telecom operator Vodafone got a setback, as the Madras High Court has rejected its plea challenging the telecom regulator's mandatory listing of tariffs on its website, including segmented offers.
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Tuesday, 05 June 2018 12:49Idea gets approval for 100% FDI
The leading telecom operator Idea Cellular has got the approval of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for increasing the limit of FDI to 100%, thus paving the way for the merger of the carrier with Vodafone India.
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Monday, 04 June 2018 12:44RJio starts recruiting team for AI; dept to be headed by Akash Ambani
To tap the massive opportunities in the artificial intelligence (AI) segment, the leading telco Reliance Jio has a separate department headed by Akash Ambani. The department has started recruiting team for its ambitious program.
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Monday, 04 June 2018 12:37MCG sends notice to operators against 5,000 illegal mobile towers
Threatening that towers which are not regularised within the next two months will be sealed by the corporation, the Municipal Corporation Gurgaon (MCG) has sent notices to operators against 5000 illegal towers.
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Friday, 01 June 2018 12:20DoT changes licence rule to permit higher spectrum holding
The new norms,after amendments, allow telecom operators to hold two blocks of 3G spectrum that were auctioned in 2010 as result of merger or any other permissible arrangement among the companies.
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